11 DIFFERENCES ยท 6 THE SAME
Bandwidth vs SlickText
Last verified
SHORT ANSWER
Bandwidth and SlickText both meet every requirement for two-way business texting, order and delivery notifications and RCS business messaging. The biggest differences in the data: Bandwidth costs 100% less for two-way business texting at 5,000 messages/month and Bandwidth costs 100% less for RCS business messaging at 10,000 messages/month.
Both meet every requirement for
Choose Bandwidth if
- - You want the lower cost for two-way business texting at 5,000 messages/month: $0.30 a month against $169.
- - You want the lower cost for RCS business messaging at 10,000 messages/month: $0.30 a month against $319.
- - Bandwidth includes RCS business messaging in the base plan; on SlickText it is add-on.
- - You need breadth in countries you can text: Bandwidth 5 countries, SlickText 2 countries.
Differences 11
| Field | Bandwidth | SlickText |
|---|---|---|
| COSTTwo-way business texting: monthly cost at 5,000 messages/month | $0.30/mo | $169/mo |
| COSTRCS business messaging: monthly cost at 10,000 messages/month | $0.30/mo | $319/mo |
| COSTOrder and delivery notifications: monthly cost at 100,000 messages/month | $0.30/mo | Unknown |
| COSTPricing model | Per message | Flat monthly plans |
| COSTFree trial | Unknown | Yes |
| FEATURESDelivery receipts | Included | Unknown |
| FEATURESRCS business messaging | Included | Add-on |
| COMPLIANCESOC 2 Type II | Included | Not published by the vendor |
| COVERAGECountries you can text | 5 countries | 2 countries |
| ACCEPTANCEFinance | Unknown | Accepted with conditions |
| ACCEPTANCEHealthcare | Unknown | Accepted with conditions |
Assumptions used: Phone numbers when the page is not sized by numbers 1 phone numbers (stated assumption). How costs are computed
The same on both 6
| Field | Bandwidth | SlickText |
|---|---|---|
| FEATURESTwo-way texting | Included | Included |
| FEATURES10DLC brand and campaign registration | Included | Included |
| FEATURESSends MMS (images) | Included | Included |
| FEATURESSends SMS | Included | Included |
| COMPLIANCEHIPAA BAA | Included | Included |
| INTEGRATIONSNative integrations | 8 native | 8 native |